Climber



Patented Jan.20, 1931 i I v p i l i i I fi- Uc y flfiMj omBnvGBR l'mn; Q i V icmmmgnnf, a lApplioation jli'led November 6351929.; SeniaA -N'm I H A v i invention relates to. climbers and par; userbehere'atterrefe rreditoj'in the ticulari-y to climbers of that, type used by description. as .a ri'ghtr or lefthlirhfbjer'f I linemen-tor the climbing or. telephone, tele- Figturesfil and; 2 i llustratethe climber graphflpoles and the, like, andl ha's for its andFiguresand'illustratearightfclimberi 5 primary object the provisionof a 'climberso Iii"allofthefigures,;the"referencenumeratI shaped and. arranged tov provide a maximum refers to't'he shank offtlie climber wliich" is amount of comfort to the user and ofsafe'tyi of desiredjor" ugmmmmgm anda-d aptedito More specifically, my invention comm: eitend upwardlyfalongsid e3 the wears 'eg plates a climber of thisch'aracter, the shank itI lClYbj' secured 1 to the .legl a-djacentf thetd? 10 of which is ofiset'adjacentthefoot-support through the imgediiim 0 ing; end thereot and'forwa-rdly with i es'p'ect tieixdevice'j which may'ip ss' thi ough' the f xed to the foot, whereby'to' bring the foot rest or loop 2 located djacenrth'np e ndijof the supporting portion of the climber forwardly shank: The ishank 1' may b bowed slight V of the shank and in convenient position to colyflon'gitudinally as'fl atB in orderfto" operate with the instep or portion of the the shank closely adjfacentj'tlie weare rjs e 'f wearers foot or shoe just forward of the i when position tlie'reonQ' heel,jleaving the shank and spur of the climber "heflower;endoii theshank 1. bn to. in vertical alignment alongside'the heels and form afootsupport as at l ,ithe'fre math-ere; v "leg of thewearer. p 7 of extendingj iipwardlyj substantially-.par This positioning of the foot support'of allelwithf the shank'l as at? ?Tliis'footfsup the climber by virtue of the ofiset in the p'orting portionis a'daptedzto be e'ngag'edby climber shank not only renders the climber thennderside of the foot-approximately more comfortable to wear because of the betthe 'i'nstep or j ust forwardly "of "thefhee'l iii ter balance obtained through the use theresuch. manner "as to properly distributefthe I of, but also contributes a safety factor in weight (if-the wearer whenthe deviceis usedc that by this construction the likelihood of the linorder that" this supporting shank twisting or sliding relative to the portiorf inaycome'naturallyjat theinstep wearers leg is'minimized; o fi t h'e foot and itfierefore position 'to as Other objects and advantages in details of sju-methebalancedwei ghtiof the weaner'with 3 construction and operation {will be apparent out-disturbing tli eiposi-tio-ntofthe Iikll E as the description now proceedsi reference bedirectly albhgs ide andjparauei he l'eg 7 ing had to the figures of the accompanying (aftlie wearer; anaemia-1: 1 of each cliinberi's drawing forming a part of this application adfjacent it's-lowrendmfi set retire-r 11v, that and wherein like reference numerals indicate ifs :towardi the fiance-f the foot; as indicated like parts. v clearly at 6*in-Figures '2- ahdB. "This offset 85 In the drawing thus enables the shan k I to e directly along- Figure 1 is a side view of one of my imsi'd eandparallelwitht lhg-oftlieweare'ri; proved climbers, in this instance for the left whilei the foot su 'o'r ungi m-ioa '4- lies a foot. v trifle'fo'rwardorat the instep pos-ition'of the V Figures 2 and 3 are rear views of my imfete-or the*"wearers Qbvi ously; therefore; 90 proved climbers, the one shown in Figure 2 there will lee-no; tendencyjon the part of the being for the right foot and the one shown in cHmber-totwi'st er pun awav from or'outof Figure 3 for the left'foot. alignmentwith the leg ojffth'e wearer when; Figure 4 is a side view of my improved the -weig ht;of-- the -wearer isplawd tmthe v 'climberfor the right foot. climber; as'would be' the; case i f the shank];- 5

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view illusand the supp'orting 'portion' werefboth in! trating oneof my improved climbersas actuthe*same vertical planer e I 1 ally used. This:arrangementfprovidesia distinctim'-' The climbers according to my invention movementamr-adwmageevwthe types-of Q aremade in pairs, one for each foot of the poles-climbersheretbfbrecominonlyused and gm saimttefsmap m a wherein the foot supporting portion and the shank occupied the same vertical plane.

It will be noted also with reference to Figures 2 and 3 that the spurs or gafls 7 are se cured to the shanks 1 adjacent the lower or supporting ends thereof in central alignment longitudinally'with the shanks 1, this bringing the sharpened point of eachispur adjacent the'lower end of the climber at. the rear edge of the supportingportion 4 and in alignment with the length ofthe shank. 1. {Thus although the supporting portion 4: of the climber lies slightly forward of the center of,

,weight, in convenient and proper supporting position, the spur lies directly'in the center" line of the weight to be carried centrally of theshank-l. 'i It will, therefore, be seen that I have provided a climber particularly useful for line-f men which by its l construction affords comfort to the wearer as well assa fety by virtue of an'offset in the shank of the climber adj aa cent the supporting'end, enablingthe climber to be attachedto and fit against the. foot and leg of'the wearer in the most natural position,

and conforming to thenatural shape thereof. At the'same time, ;the. spur'or gaff of the climber'is positioned-in alignment with the main shank of the climber and adjacent the a; supporting end-thereof whereby when the weight of thewearer' is borne by the climber such weight will be supported ce'ntrally'and in longitudinal alignment with the shank, thus preventing twisting Onturning of. the

. "s shankl with respect to the leg ,ofthe wearer.

.Thespur or gaff? may be of the usual con ner shown, engage against the foot of the wearer. g

I have, therefore, provided an improved climber of the character described, the essen-' tial feature of improvement being'the offset erin longitudinal alignment with said shank.

2. A climber comprisinga shank formed at one end to provide a foot support, said support being forwardly ofiset with respect to said shank, and a spuron saidjclimber adja-- cent said foot support and in;-longitudinal alignment with said shank.

In testimonywhereof, I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM struction andsuitably sharpened. forbiting engagement with "the pole orltree ,to .be

I climbed.

The outergupwardly turned end 5 of the supporting portion of the climber is provided on its outer side adjacentthe free en'dlwith an eyeletS adapted to receive a freely swingable ring or loop Qpreferably of angularconstruction as shown clearly in Figure 5. One

. of the straight sidesofthe loop Qmaybeprov vided with an anti-friction roller 10 over, I

whichis adapted-to pass thefastening strap 11 by means of which the'climber-may be se-. curely fastened to the foot and ankle of the wearer. This angularly formed loop 9, because of its straight sides as distinguished from a circular loop or eye, makes possible the fiat engagement between the surfaces of the strap 11 and thefoot of the wearer against and around which the strapclies, This is illustrated clearly in Figure 5, wherein it is clear that because of the straight side of the loop 9 around which the strap 11 engages, the flat sides ofthe strap engage against the foot .of the wearer shown in dotted lines, thus permitting the strap to be drawn tightwithout discomfort to the wearer,.as is thevcase where a loop is used of such type the dg of he t t p hen r ief em n: 

